“ He was one of the staunchest opponents of the proposal that English should be made the sole medium of instruction in native schools, and became for a time the object of bitter attacks. In 1832 the university of Oxford selected Dr Wilson to be the first occupant of the newly founded Boden chair of Sanskrit, and in 1836 he was appointed librarian to the East India Company. ”

“ He also wrote a Historical Sketch of the First Burmese War, with Documents, Political and Geographical (1827) , a Review of the External Commerce of Bengal from 1813 to 1828 (1830) and a History of British India from 1805 to 1835, in continuation of Mill's History (1844–1848) . He acted for many years as secretary to the committee of public instruction, and superintended the studies of the Sanskrit College in Calcutta. ”